Genesis 44:27

And your servant my father says to us, You have known that my wife bore two to me,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

In Context

26and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man’s face, and our young brother not with us.

28and one goes out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn—torn! And I have not seen him since;

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Cross References

Genesis 29:18And Jacob loves Rachel and says, “I serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter”:

Genesis 30:22And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,

Genesis 46:19Sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:19-34

Judah's Appeal on Behalf of Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And… Read the whole commentary →

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